The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volumen19Longman., 1835 |
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... means of a disposition or habits likely to redeem the broken fortunes of his family . Mr. Thomas Drury , father of the subject of this memoir , was the younger brother of the dramatist . He led a life of comparative obscurity , and owed ...
... means of a disposition or habits likely to redeem the broken fortunes of his family . Mr. Thomas Drury , father of the subject of this memoir , was the younger brother of the dramatist . He led a life of comparative obscurity , and owed ...
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... means complimentary to his external graces or suavity of manners , which , indeed , were never very remark- able ... means or other , on the active business of life earlier than most men of the same education and habits . His father's ...
... means complimentary to his external graces or suavity of manners , which , indeed , were never very remark- able ... means or other , on the active business of life earlier than most men of the same education and habits . His father's ...
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... mean pro- ficient . The first Lord Harrowby and Mr. Powys , after- words Lord Lilford , men less remarkable for their rank than their character and ability , were likewise among those who showed him the greatest attention , and reposed ...
... mean pro- ficient . The first Lord Harrowby and Mr. Powys , after- words Lord Lilford , men less remarkable for their rank than their character and ability , were likewise among those who showed him the greatest attention , and reposed ...
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... mean or incompetent judge of theatrical excellence , and ever one of Kean's warmest ad- mirers it will be at once felt how great was the obligation of gratitude , which it is only justice to the actor's memory to - admit that he was ...
... mean or incompetent judge of theatrical excellence , and ever one of Kean's warmest ad- mirers it will be at once felt how great was the obligation of gratitude , which it is only justice to the actor's memory to - admit that he was ...
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... mean time pressing his acceptance , as a mere token or keepsake , of the small honorary post above men- tioned . But Mr. Perceval was unfortunately cut off before he had the opportunity of redeeming this voluntary promise ; and Dr ...
... mean time pressing his acceptance , as a mere token or keepsake , of the small honorary post above men- tioned . But Mr. Perceval was unfortunately cut off before he had the opportunity of redeeming this voluntary promise ; and Dr ...
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Página 345 - Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural, by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us...
Página 344 - During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours, our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colors of imagination.
Página 326 - I learned from him that poetry, even that of the loftiest, and, seemingly, that of the wildest odes, had a logic of its own, as severe as that of science : and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes.
Página 342 - The preacher then launched into his subject, like an eagle dallying with the wind. The sermon was upon peace and war ; upon Church and State — not their alliance, but their separation — on the spirit of the world and the spirit of Christianity, not as the same, but as opposed to one another. He talked of those who had " inscribed the cross of Christ on banners dripping with human gore.
Página 267 - What little suppers, or sizings, as they were called, have I enjoyed; when .'Eschylus, and Plato, and Thucydides were pushed aside, with a pile of lexicons, &c., to discuss the pamphlets of the day. Ever and anon a pamphlet issued from the pen of Burke. There was no need of having the book before us. Coleridge had read it in the morning; and in the evening he would repeat whole pages verbatim.
Página 248 - To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination : he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little. The plants of the garden, the animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety...
Página 328 - In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no' end, in wand'ring mazes lost.
Página 345 - ... that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.1 Mr. Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day...
Página 352 - A Lay Sermon addressed to the Higher and Middle Classes on the Existing Distresses and Discontents.
Página 335 - ... minister and his friends, and because I had never smoked except once or twice in my lifetime, and then it was herb tobacco mixed with Oronooko. On the assurance however that the tobacco was equally mild, and seeing too that it was of a yellow colour; (not forgetting the lamentable difficulty, I have always experienced, in saying, No!